Extremadura to move all of its 40,000 desktops to open source

The administration of Spain’s autonomous region of Extremadura is moving to a complete open source desktop, replacing the current proprietary desktop platform, confirms the region’s CIO, Teodomiro Cayetano López. The IT department started a project to install the Debian distribution on all 40,000 desktop PCs. “The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it in December.” View Full Article